Full Idea
If gravity be called a force, a cause is supposed which produces effects without itself diminishing, and incorrect conceptions of the causal connexions of things are thereby fostered.
Gist of Idea
Gravity isn't a force, because it produces effects without diminishing
Source
J.R. Mayer (Remarks on the forces of inorganic Nature [1842], p.199), quoted by Brian Ellis - Scientific Essentialism 8.03
Book Reference
Ellis,Brian: 'Scientific Essentialism' [CUP 2007], p.266
A Reaction
This seems like a brilliant prelude to the proposal that gravity is actually the 'curvature' of space (whatever that is!).
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